How are you feeling today after such a fabulous BritMums Live? Personally I am still not back to normal, I?m still trying to process all of the tips, advice and information I took on board over the two days but I am on such a high, it?s really quite exhausting.

Well done to everyone who took part in the Guinness World Record attempt of wrapping the most mummies in three minutes. I wrapped up Susanna Scott, co-founder of BritMums (that?s her above) I wanted to cover her mouth, worried me might be penalised ? No gaps, but she said, ?Mari, I can?t breath!? ?Hold your breath for a minute, we need to win this?. My fall back plan was to resuscitate her if needs be but the bloggers I was wrapping with decided to let her have a hole to breath through and we still won!

I made moodboards, I drank wine, I drank more wine at the BiBs party

and I talked knickers with Carol Smillie over more wine and dinner.

I started to knit a cowl for winter and now the twins have asked for one each too.

I shall be making fajitas very soon and I am dreaming of becoming a Carnival Cruise Fun Seeking family along with the other 600 circa bloggers who attended.

What were your highlights of the weekend? We?d love to hear all about your experience at BritMums HQ. Add your post to the Linky below and we can pop around and read everyone?s BritMums Live experience.

About Marianne Weekes

BLOGS AT: Mari’s World; TWITTER: @maris_world. Mother of four and nana to three, Marianne Weekes has spent half her life in the UK and the other half in Italy. Blogging since Jan 2010, she finds it hard to drag herself away from her laptop. She likes to dabble in the kitchen, mess around with a camera, play at gardening, and she?s an expert in packing suitcases. She?d quite like to be an author translated into 25 languages but what she?s really good at is being a mum, a woman and a good friend.

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Want to really show the kids a good time this summer, or even autumn for that matter? Well book them in to a Tree Top Junior session like I did. I organised the twins 7th birthday this year at Go Ape, a group of pretty little princesses who are so fixed on Frozen and tiaras it made me want to shake things up a bit and offer them something new […]